Duluth
Summer of Voyageur National Park wolf research reveals a berry surprise
Using real-time data from GPS collars to set up trail cameras, researchers found that blueberries may play a more important role in the canines' diet than researchers had known.
Science
New HCMC program helps reduce return visits to hospital for homeless folks
Staff doing more outreach work while patients are still hospitalized.
Business
3M Co. agrees to pay $55M to settle PFAS contamination case in Michigan
Settlement money will be used for environmental remediation near shoe maker's disposal site.
Science
Local
Money to prevent lead poisoning of loons released to MPCA
Federal dollars for the public awareness effort derive from the U.S. settlement with British Petroleum over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
Local
Cities could get power to ban pesticides as bee numbers fall
A measure introduced last week would essentially give cities their first chance in more than 30 years to have some form of local control over what pesticides can be used within their boundaries.
Local
Minnesota's new 'cybernavigator' racing to protect 2020 elections
Cybernavigator warns of multiple threats, including attempts at "hacking the mind."
St. Paul
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Are smart home surveillance systems a new neighborhood watch?
Network of smart homes helps police crack cases but raises privacy issues.
Science
Twin Cities will be part of experiment with drones carrying human organs
The LifeSource organ procurement agency for Minnesota and the Dakotas joins groups in Boston and Las Vegas for the next round of test flights.
Science
Scientists race to design coronavirus vaccine
A pioneering approach is helping the work proceed along a faster timetable.
Science
World's freshwater giants are quietly disappearing
There are about 200 species of freshwater megafauna, but they are poorly studied by scientists and little known to the public.
Duluth
Three orphan cougars in Washington find a new home in Minnesota
The two males and a female went to the Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone, after they were discovered huddled without their mother under a homeowner's deck.
Local
Police investigating card-skimmers at Twin Cities grocery store self-checkout registers
Two suspects were seen on the surveillance footage, but no arrests have yet been announced.
Duluth
DNR petitions Minn. Supreme Court on PolyMet permits that were rejected
The state Department of Natural Resources is fighting an appellate court's decision to reject three permits the DNR issued to PolyMet Mining Corp. for its $1 billion copper-nickel mine plan and to order a hearing on them.
Duluth
Fans, foes rally as PolyMet petitions high court on permits
PolyMet asked the state Supreme Court to reverse a recent appellate decision that blocked three permits it needs to begin construction on a $1 billion copper-nickel mine project.
Local
As Minnesota River expands, erosion damage grows
As much of the state braces for the potential flooding of yet another spring, state lawmakers and pollution control managers are looking for new ways to stop or reduce erosion along the Minnesota River.
Science
At the water's edge, marine labs face threat of climate change
Marine centers on coasts brace for rising seas, climate change.
Science and Technology
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